Library Love

 I have a pile of books in the trunk of my car. I am going to start slowly migrating them to our library shelf (a bookshelf completely dedicated to books from the library - meant to avoid confusion and lost library books). 

Because summer is coming.

And we all need something fun to read. Especially kids – they need some engrossing books so that they can all read in peace and the parents can work.

We haven’t started browsing the shelves at the local library with the kids, yet. Hopefully, soon. For now, I put whatever titles they want (plus a few I think they may enjoy) on hold and then pick the books up (every Thursday – that’s become a ritual). (I really love the library)

I found that books are somewhat like toys. When there are too many choices – kids spend a couple of minutes on one book, then jump to the next book, then to the next. In no time at all, it’s “Mom! I want something to read!” But… I got you, like, 7 books. Did you read them all? No, you maybe skimmed a little in the beginning and a little in the end.

So… I am planning to ration the books. A couple of books per kid today. Then a couple more of books can come out of the trunk a few days later. Etc, etc.

I love it when the kids find a book they can’t put down, and then re-read it over and over again. One of my kids really liked The Maze Runner. Another kid loved Legend (by Marie Lu). The youngest has been working her way through the A through Z Mysteries. In many ways, book series are nice – if they liked one, they will probably enjoy the others. However, the sequels are not always as good as the first one…  

Do your kids have any book obsessions? Are there any kid or young adult titles that you absolutely love?